7/21/17

The late Allen Toussaint’s album “American Tunes” (Nonesuch) has been voted the #1 album “Beyond Category” in the Downbeat International Critics Poll 2017. The album was mixed and engineered by GPS client Ryan Freeland, and produced by Joe Henry. The last album Toussaint recorded before his death, its title is taken from the 1973 Paul Simon song “American Tune”. It features musicians including Bill Frisell, Charles Lloyd, Greg Leisz, Jay Bellerose, and David Piltch, and special guests vocalist Rhiannon Giddens and pianist Van Dyke Parks.